Dancing with the Dead: Red Pine and the Art of Translation

10/27/2023

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1hr 24min

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Documentary

A master of ancient Chinese poetry and the search for a lost tradition

STORY

The film follows Bill’s adventures as a child of a bank robber, raised in a gilded household, who turned his back on American devotion to materialism and went off to live in monasteries and mountains in Taiwan. He pursued a fascination with Buddhism and poetry and traveled to remote regions of China to rediscover an ancient tradition of mountain hermits vital to Chinese culture.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Bill Porter
  • Spring Cheng

    Director

  • Ward Serrill

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Woody Creek Pictures

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

  • Mandarin
  • English

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